AICFB East Zone Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged, 2025

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54 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 16 Oct 2025 to 18 Oct 2025 in Habra, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1624, and top seed was Patra Subhendu Kumar (🇮🇳 IND, 1840).

Shougata Chowdhury (🇮🇳 IND, 1647) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Patra Subhendu Kumar (6.5) and Lakshmi Narayan Adhikary (6.5). Chowdhury won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Asit Kumar Mohanty (1456) beat Ganesh Kisku (1604), a +148-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Habra, India

Dates

16 Oct 2025 → 18 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Patra Subhendu Kumar1840

Avg top 10

1,624

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×31

Top 3

🥇
Shougata Chowdhury
🇮🇳IND·1647
7.0pts·1919perf+43.0
🥈
Patra Subhendu Kumar
🇮🇳IND·1840
6.5pts·1810perf-3.0
🥉
Lakshmi Narayan Adhikary
🇮🇳IND·1535
6.5pts·1751perf+66.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Shougata Chowdhury led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Chowdhury7Kumar6.5Adhikary6.5Pradhan6Kar6Rajbanshi5.5

R6–R8 · LEAD HELD

Shougata Chowdhury held the sole lead from R6 through R8 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Shougata Chowdhury drew with Patra Subhendu Kumar (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Shougata Chowdhury 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Patra Subhendu Kumar 3 wins (R1–R3)Lakshmi Narayan Adhikary 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Shougata Chowdhury	*	½	½	1
2Patra Subhendu Kumar	½	*	—	½
3Lakshmi Narayan Adhikary	½	—	*	0
4Prachurya Kumar Pradhan	0	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Shougata Chowdhury	1647	IND	+48N	+11B	+21N	=2N	+6B	+7N	+4B	=3N	7.0	39.5	42.0	35.50	1919	+43.0
2	Patra Subhendu Kumar	1840	IND	+39N	+12B	+13N	=1B	+5N	=4B	=6N	+15B	6.5	39.5	42.5	33.25	1810	-3.0
3	Lakshmi Narayan Adhikary	1535	IND	+52N	+50B	−4N	+8B	+12N	+11B	+13N	=1B	6.5	35.5	37.5	28.00	1751	+66.0
4	Prachurya Kumar Pradhan	1748	IND	+26B	+25N	+3B	=6N	+33B	=2N	−1N	+13B	6.0	38.5	42.0	29.00	1760	+4.0
5	Sanjiv Kar	1576	IND	+54B	=8N	+20B	+34N	−2B	+22B	+14N	=9N	6.0	35.0	35.5	23.50	1685	+33.2
6	Raj Das	1601	IND	+51N	+43B	+14N	=4B	−1N	+8B	=2B	=7N	5.5	38.5	40.5	24.50	1684	+14.0
7	Sudip Rajbanshi	1569	IND	−16N	+9B	+23N	+15B	+14N	−1B	+11N	=6B	5.5	38.0	42.5	27.75	1716	+44.8
8	Asit Kumar Mohanty	1456	IND	+24N	=5B	+19B	−3N	+10B	−6N	+33B	+22N	5.5	37.0	40.5	25.50	1658	+80.4
9	Nemai Das	1459	IND	=20B	−7N	+53B	=19N	+41B	+42N	+12N	=5B	5.5	31.5	32.0	19.00	1525	+7.2
10	Jacinta Toppo	1548	IND	−23N	+47B	=36N	+39B	−8N	+35B	+20N	+21B	5.5	29.0	31.5	19.75	1483	-6.8
11	Amal Sardar	1467	IND	+28B	−1N	+16B	+30N	+34B	−3N	−7B	+32N	5.0	36.0	39.5	20.50	1369	-9.6
12	Debasish Haldar	1493	IND	+29B	−2N	+54B	+27N	−3B	+26N	−9B	+19N	5.0	35.0	35.5	17.00	1381	-25.6
13	Raket Mahato	1542	IND	+49B	+17N	−2B	+40N	+37B	+25N	−3B	−4N	5.0	34.5	37.0	18.00	1585	+11.2
14	Plaban Panda	1512	IND	+36N	+23B	−6B	+24N	−7B	+40N	−5B	+28N	5.0	33.5	36.5	19.50	1346	-34.0
15	Shantanu Choudhury	1454	IND	−27B	+41N	+28B	−7N	+29B	+24N	+25B	−2N	5.0	32.5	35.5	19.50	1508	+4.8
16	Jaydeep Kindaw	0	IND	+7B	−21B	−11N	+31N	+30B	−19N	+29B	+25N	5.0	31.5	35.5	21.50	1429	0.0
17	Ashini Naik	0	IND	+?B	−13B	+18N	−25N	+28B	+37N	−22B	+27B	5.0	30.0	30.0	16.50	1338	0.0
18	FIDE 558077189	0	—	+35B	−20N	−17B	−41N	+49B	+47N	+26B	+40N	5.0	25.5	28.0	15.50	1428	0.0
19	Om Shaw	1461	IND	+38N	=22B	−8N	=9B	+23N	+16B	=21N	−12B	4.5	34.5	38.0	20.25	1356	-28.4
20	Prasant Oraon	0	IND	=9N	+18B	−5N	+36B	−22N	+34N	−10B	+33B	4.5	33.5	37.0	18.25	1484	0.0
21	Deepak Kumar Bhoi	1517	IND	+47B	+16N	−1B	+26N	−25B	+33N	=19B	−10N	4.5	33.5	36.0	17.25	1393	-16.6
22	Ganesh Kisku	1604	IND	+42B	=19N	+27B	−33N	+20B	−5N	+17N	−8B	4.5	33.0	36.0	18.75	1191	-80.0
23	Kunal Kumar Mrudanga	0	IND	+10B	−14N	−7B	+?N	−19B	+30N	=24B	+35N	4.5	32.5	32.5	15.25	1330	0.0
24	FIDE 558077278	0	—	−8B	+54N	+52N	−14B	+39N	−15B	=23N	+36B	4.5	28.5	29.0	11.25	672	0.0
25	Biswanath Murmu	1490	IND	+44N	−4B	+32N	+17B	+21N	−13B	−15N	−16B	4.0	34.5	37.5	16.50	1371	-24.8
26	Chandan Soren	0	IND	−4N	+44B	+?N	−21B	+27N	−12B	−18N	+45B	4.0	30.5	30.5	10.00	786	0.0
27	S K Habibul Haque	0	IND	+15N	+37B	−22N	−12B	−26B	+46N	+42B	−17N	4.0	30.0	33.0	14.50	1510	0.0
28	FIDE 558077243	0	—	−11N	+48B	−15N	+50B	−17N	+43B	+39N	−14B	4.0	28.5	30.5	10.50	677	0.0
29	FIDE 558077324	0	—	−12N	−39B	+51N	+43B	−15N	+50B	−16N	+41B	4.0	26.0	28.0	10.00	674	0.0
30	FIDE 558077170	0	—	+53B	−34N	+43N	−11B	−16N	−23B	+50N	+39B	4.0	26.0	26.5	8.50	681	0.0
31	FIDE 25665448	0	—	F	+46N	−40B	−16B	+48N	−39B	+43N	+42N	4.0	23.0	25.5	11.50	608	0.0
32	Nayan Chandra Roy	0	IND	−34B	+35N	−25B	+?N	−40B	+?N	+37B	−11B	4.0	22.5	22.5	7.00	1230	0.0
33	Balaram Hansda	1564	IND	+46B	+40N	=34B	+22B	−4N	−21B	−8N	−20N	3.5	31.5	34.5	12.25	1480	-29.6
34	Joy Modi	1495	IND	+32N	+30B	=33N	−5B	−11N	−20B	−36N	+47B	3.5	30.5	33.0	12.25	1262	-33.2
35	FIDE 547046945	0	—	−18N	−32B	=47N	+38B	+36N	−10N	+46B	−23B	3.5	29.0	31.5	11.25	748	0.0
36	Mohan Tudu	0	IND	−14B	+53N	=10B	−20N	−35B	+49N	+34B	−24N	3.5	29.0	29.5	9.25	1518	0.0
37	Amar Kumar Sharma	1505	IND	+41B	−27N	+42B	+45N	−13N	−17B	−32N	=38B	3.5	27.5	30.5	10.75	741	-17.2
38	FIDE 558077251	0	—	−19B	−42N	+49B	−35N	−50N	+52B	+?B	=37N	3.5	21.0	21.0	6.25	1283	0.0
39	FIDE 558077294	0	—	−2B	+29N	+?B	−10N	−24B	+31N	−28B	−30N	3.0	32.5	32.5	8.00	894	0.0
40	Manisha Tudu	1413	IND	F	−33B	+31N	−13B	+32N	−14B	+41N	−18B	3.0	30.5	33.5	11.00	739	-38.8
41	FIDE 547040416	0	—	−37N	−15B	+48N	+18B	−9N	+45B	−40B	−29N	3.0	29.0	31.5	10.50	653	0.0
42	FIDE 558077529	0	—	−22N	+38B	−37N	+44B	+45N	−9B	−27N	−31B	3.0	28.0	31.0	9.50	718	0.0
43	FIDE 558077316	0	—	+45B	−6N	−30B	−29N	+44B	−28N	−31B	+?N	3.0	27.5	27.5	6.00	801	0.0
44	FIDE 558077340	0	—	−25B	−26N	+46B	−42N	−43N	+48B	−45N	+50B	3.0	22.5	24.5	7.50	690	0.0
45	FIDE 558077219	0	—	−43N	+51B	+50N	−37B	−42B	−41N	+44B	−26N	3.0	21.5	23.5	7.00	690	0.0
46	FIDE 558077332	0	—	−33N	−31B	−44N	+53N	+?B	−27B	−35N	+52B	3.0	20.5	20.5	2.50	764	0.0
47	FIDE 547041498	0	—	−21N	−10N	=35B	−48B	+51N	−18B	+?B	−34N	2.5	26.5	26.5	3.75	720	0.0
48	FIDE 558077359	0	—	−1B	−28N	−41B	+47N	−31B	−44N	=49B	+53N	2.5	26.0	26.5	4.25	847	0.0
49	FIDE 558077510	0	—	−13N	−?B	−38N	+51B	−18N	−36B	=48N	+54N	2.5	22.0	22.0	3.75	741	0.0
50	FIDE 558077197	0	—	+?B	−3N	−45B	−28N	+38B	−29N	−30B	−44N	2.0	28.0	28.0	3.50	735	0.0
51	FIDE 558077162	0	—	−6B	−45N	−29B	−49N	−47B	+53N	+54B	−?N	2.0	18.5	18.5	1.00	801	0.0
52	FIDE 558077260	0	—	−3B	−?N	−24B	+54N	−?B	−38N	+53B	−46N	2.0	18.5	18.5	1.00	735	0.0
53	FIDE 558077235	0	—	−30N	−36B	−9N	−46B	=54N	−51B	−52N	−48B	0.5	22.5	23.0	0.25	659	0.0
54	FIDE 558077480	0	—	−5N	−24B	−12N	−52B	=53B	−?N	−51N	−49B	0.5	22.5	22.5	0.25	735	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Asit Kumar MohantyIND
+80.4
5.5 pts · #6
2Lakshmi Narayan AdhikaryIND
+66.0
6.5 pts · #4
3Sudip RajbanshiIND
+44.8
5.5 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Ganesh KiskuIND
-80.0
4.5 pts · #30
2Manisha TuduIND
-38.8
3.0 pts · #34
3Plaban PandaIND
-34.0
5.0 pts · #27

Biggest upsets

R8+148 Elo gap
Asit Kumar Mohanty1456 beat Ganesh Kisku1604
R7+108 Elo gap
Asit Kumar Mohanty1456 beat Balaram Hansda1564
R7+101 Elo gap
Shougata Chowdhury1647 beat Prachurya Kumar Pradhan1748